1856
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Etrennes de 1856 ... is a 1856 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a man and a woman in old-fashioned clothes, with a small animal in front of them. They seem to be interacting with each other. The scene is set against a backdrop that adds depth to the image. The way the people are dressed and the way they're interacting says something about the social dynamics of the time. The artist is showing us what life was like back then. To learn more about the method used to create this image, look up the technique: lithography.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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